GRC vs. CECO, PRLB, DXPE, XMTR, ERII, ASTE, KRNT, OFLX, IIIN, and TWI
Should you be buying Gorman-Rupp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Gorman-Rupp include CECO Environmental (CECO), Proto Labs (PRLB), DXP Enterprises (DXPE), Xometry (XMTR), Energy Recovery (ERII), Astec Industries (ASTE), Kornit Digital (KRNT), Omega Flex (OFLX), Insteel Industries (IIIN), and Titan International (TWI). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
CECO Environmental (NASDAQ:CECO) and Gorman-Rupp (NYSE:GRC) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and earnings.
Gorman-Rupp has higher revenue and earnings than CECO Environmental. Gorman-Rupp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CECO Environmental, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
68.1% of CECO Environmental shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.3% of Gorman-Rupp shares are held by institutional investors. 16.9% of CECO Environmental shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.4% of Gorman-Rupp shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, CECO Environmental had 3 more articles in the media than Gorman-Rupp. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for CECO Environmental and 0 mentions for Gorman-Rupp. Gorman-Rupp's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat CECO Environmental's score of 0.00 indicating that CECO Environmental is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Gorman-Rupp received 288 more outperform votes than CECO Environmental when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 73.68% of users gave CECO Environmental an outperform vote while only 62.53% of users gave Gorman-Rupp an outperform vote.
CECO Environmental presently has a consensus price target of $27.40, suggesting a potential upside of 10.44%. Gorman-Rupp has a consensus price target of $40.00, suggesting a potential upside of 22.77%. Given CECO Environmental's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Gorman-Rupp is more favorable than CECO Environmental.
Gorman-Rupp has a net margin of 5.52% compared to Gorman-Rupp's net margin of 2.23%. Gorman-Rupp's return on equity of 11.57% beat CECO Environmental's return on equity.
CECO Environmental has a beta of 1.24, meaning that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gorman-Rupp has a beta of 0.97, meaning that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
CECO Environmental beats Gorman-Rupp on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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